Hanger.



c. G. HANSON.

HANGER.

. APPLICATION. EILE FEB. 25|19l- 1,302,7'93. Patented May 6, 1919.

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` CHARLES G.-HANSON, 0F WICHITA, KANSAS.

HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedMay 6, 1919.

.Application filed February 25, 1918. Serial No. 219,059.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Cfr-mums G. Hanson, a citizen of the United States, residing at l/Vichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Hanger, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to han-gers particularly designed for holding fur mu's and neck pieces so that they can be displayed readily without disturbing them, it being possible readily to remove the articles from the hanger whenever desired.

A further object is to provide a hanger of this character which is cheap to manufacture, simple in construction, and can be readily manipulated.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear' as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

VIn said drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the hanger.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof, the position of a muff and neck piece thereon being indicated by dotted lines.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on hne 3T3 of Fig. 2, the eye of the cross bar being shown in section.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a support engaging hook of stiff wire and extending from this hook is one-half of the upper portion of the y frame of the holder, formed by extending the wire laterally from the hook as indicated at 2. The wire is then extended downwardly to form one side of the frame of the hanger, this downwardly extending por tion 3 being provided above the center thereof, with an inwardly extending eye 4. The lower end of the side 3 merges into the bottom bar 5 of the hanger which, in turn, merges into the other side 6 ofthe hanger. This side 6 is provided, directly opposite the eye 4, 'with a forwardly and laterally ex tending loop 7 constituting a keeper. The upper end of the side 6 merges into a top section S having a terminal eye 9 which uengages the base portion of the hook 1 so that the frame of the hanger is thus completed, the same being formed in a single length of wire as apparent.

A cross rod 10 formed of stiff wire or the like is provided at one end with an eye 11 which extends through the eye 4, thus to form a hinge connection between the two parts. Another eye 12 is formed in the other end of the rod 10 and is adapted to engage the keeper 7. In order to place the eye 12 upon the keeper 7 it is necessary to spring the side 6 inwardly so as to allow the free end of the loop or keeper 7 to enter the eye 12. As the material of which the hanger is made is resilient it will be obvious that as soon as the depressed side 6 of the hanger is released, it will shift back to its normal position, the loop or keeper 7 assuming the position shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 thus to prevent accidental displacement of the eye 12 from the keeper. The only way in which the eye can be disengaged is by pushing the side strips inwardly to allow the loop or keeper 7 to release the eye.

In using the hanger the muli' is placed on the rod l0 after which the rod is secured to the keeper as hereinbefore described. The neck piece can then be hung upon the bottom of the hanger 6, the positions of the neck piece and muff being indicated at M and N respectively in Fig. 2. It will be noted that the rod 10 is slightly shorter than the frame so that when the eye 12 is placed in engagement with the keeper 7 the end of the frame will be flexed inwardly. When a load is placed on the bottom of the frame it will tend to straighten out the side of the frame and increase the frictional engagement between the eye and the keeper.

By using a hanger such as described it will be seen that the fur set can be lifted ofi' the supporting member engaged by the hook 1 and conveyed to a point where it can be displayed to a customer without disturbing the set.

What is claimed is A hanger for fur sets and the like, including a frame formed of a single length of spring wire having an integral support engaging hook, the lower part of the frame ioo l which the 'keepe1 extends, the Weight of a constituting means for supporting a neck piece or the like, an eye formed on one side of the frame, a forwardly and laterally eX- tended loop projecting from the other side of the frame and constituting a keeper7 arod pivotally connected to the eye and oonstitu-tngv a muil upport or the like, and an eye at the free end of the rod for engagement with the keeper to hold flexed and undertension that side of the frame from load upon the b'ottomvof the frame being adapted to `increase the frietional engagement between the keeper and the eye engaging the same by tending to straighten said side.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aHiXed my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

CHAS. G. HANSON.

Witnesses: t

H. M. PICHLER, M. C. NAFTZGER.

Gopies of this pten't may be' obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Fanniev Washington, D. 0. 

